Asia in Pictures

Nov. 8, 2012 10:01 p.m. ET

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A delegate yawned as others readied for the opening of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. The meeting will usher in a leadership change. (See more photos.)
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A cameraman filmed as firemen and volunteers tried to extinguish fire in a building housing a paint factory in Bangalore, India, Thursday.
Aijaz Rahi/Associated Press…

Rajesh, 8 years old, read from a blackboard painted on a wall at a free school under a bridge in New Delhi on Wednesday. At least 30 children living in nearby slums have been attending classes at the school over the past three years.
Altaf Qadri/Associated Press…

Exiled Tibetans in Dharmsala, India, prayed Thursday in solidarity with Tibetans who have self-immolated. Three teenage monks and a Tibetan woman set fire to themselves to protest Chinese rule on the eve of a pivotal Communist Party congress, activists reported, in what they said were the most such protests in a single day.
Ashwini Bhatia/Associated Press…

A woman smoked a beedi, or tobacco rolled in a leaf, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Thursday.
Dar Yasin/Associated Press…

Men performed stretching exercises near Nariman Point in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday.
Brent Lewin/Bloomberg…

Candy sellers stood in front of the oil tanker Pratibha Cauvery on the Marina beach in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Thursday. Pratibha Cauvery ran aground as cyclone Nilam hit the Tamil Nadu coast on Oct. 31, local media reported.
Babu/Reuters…

Swans flew over a lake Thursday at Yellow River Wetland in Pinghu County. Numerous swans migrate here to get through the winter.
Zhan Yan/Xinhua/Zuma 24…